Climate guideThirty-year normals for Moquegua
Moquegua climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest May · Jul–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation112 mm33 wet days a year
17.20° S, 70.94° WElevation 1,445 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goMoquegua · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul–Aug
October: high / low25° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Moquegua has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 25° and nights 16°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 112 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (30 mm, 9 wet days) and August the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in July to 67% in January.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Moquegua is 5.6° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · October
- Coldest nights
- 15° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 09 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 06 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 30 mm | 28 mm | 21 mm | 6 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm | 13 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9 | 7.2 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| Cloud cover | 67% | 65% | 58% | 39% | 18% | 13% | 10% | 11% | 15% | 30% | 41% | 56% |
| Daylight | 13h 02 | 12h 39 | 12h 12 | 11h 43 | 11h 19 | 11h 06 | 11h 11 | 11h 32 | 12h 00 | 12h 28 | 12h 55 | 13h 09 |
| Month score | 63 | 68 | 74 | 92 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 96 | 91 | 80 |
ivMonth by month
Moquegua in every month
January63
24° / 17°
30 mm · 9 wet days
February68
24° / 17°
28 mm · 7.2 wet days
March74
24° / 17°
21 mm · 6 wet days
April92
24° / 17°
6 mm · 1.7 wet days
May99
24° / 16°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
June99
24° / 15°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
July100
24° / 15°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
August100
24° / 15°
2 mm · 0 wet days
September97
25° / 16°
4 mm · 1.2 wet day
October96
25° / 16°
2 mm · 1.5 wet days
November91
25° / 16°
3 mm · 1.7 wet days
December80
25° / 17°
13 mm · 3.7 wet days